"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."

"The day is not far distant when the man who dies possessed of millions of useless wealth, which he would administer, will be regarded as having been a public trustee who has failed to discharge his tr…"

"The man who can organize and manage a large business is a genius."

"I have never known a man to succeed who did not like his work."